Girl With Flowers Figurine – Photo by Lem’s Lark Basement A couple of weeks ago I picked up this lovely 6″ Mary & Baby Jesus figurine at a church sale – it was stamped on the bottom with just a name: Howard Pierce. When I started researching it, I immediately fell in love – there are SO many amazing Howard Pierce pieces out there! I swear, no matter how long you buy and sell vintage items, there is always something that you have never seen before… That’s part of the fun, right? :) A Bit Of History Howard Pierce Ceramics or Howard Pierce Porcelain operated out of California from the…

I’m back! I missed you! I never really knew how much of the “fun” in my business was actually tied to blogging until I didn’t let myself do it anymore… Seriously, all work and no play makes for an unhappy vintage geek! Back in May, I wrote a post – Keepin It Real, The State Of Vintage Goodness 2016 Edition – updating you all on the changes that had been happening in my life since the beginning of the year, and the decision I had made on how to handle my business going forward… Basically, if it wasn’t buying inventory, listing inventory, or shipping inventory, I decided I couldn’t do…

I listed the CUTEST set of vintage Beverly Johnston motivational posters from 1979 in my Etsy shop – they are done in red and black only, so you can color them yourself! Here’s a few of my favorites, click on over if you want to see them all! :) Save by

First up – the obligatory apology for not posting much lately. “Not posting much” might be a bit of an understatement, actually. I just did a quick count, and I’ve posted a grand total of THREE times this year. That’s some serious underachieving, right there… Originally I had typed up a long, drawn out post for this update, explaining everything that is going on with my business, and a lot that is going on in the rest of my life. I read it over, and then deleted it – because I realized that no one really cares. Who has time to read a bunch of boring details that don’t really…